Ecology

September 7, 2025

The Guggenheim Museum of Abu Dhabi, the characteristics of the deconstructivist project in a Arab key

One of the most particular buildings within the future urban complex of the city of Abu Dhabi It is undoubtedly the museum Guggenheim. Conceived by the famous Canadian-Stanitense architect Frank Gehrythis building is one of the maximum representations of the style deconstructivist, that is, taking advantage of a “intentional disorder that reaches clarity“And that presents a similarity with a Cubist ...

September 7, 2025

Come viaggiare nel tempo su Google Earth

How to go back in time with Google Earth with satellite photos and historical images

Google Earth does not show the world just as it is now: the Mountain View software allows in fact “Go back in time” in satellite and aerial photos To see how a certain area presented itself at different times also thanks to historical images. The option that allows this “magic” is accessible through a temporal cursor that makes the consultation ...

September 7, 2025

What is the micronation of Önneköp in Sweden and because it has a flag with a cup and a cuckoo

The flag of Önneköp with the cup and the Cuculocredit: Arnold Wernerson Within the Swedish borders there is one micronation from or, 27 km2 whose flag shows a cup of coffee flown by a cuckoo: We are talking about Önneköpin the county of Skåne in Sweden, independent of 2005. This tiny urban center is just counts 228 people, of which ...

September 7, 2025

What are the Expected Goals and how they calculate: the statistics that explain the “best” football of the result

Not all goals have the same weight, and not all occasions are the same: the Expected Goals (XG), Or “expected goals”, are born to answer an apparently simple question, but fundamental in modern football: how many goals a team would have had to really score, regardless of the final result? In practice, XG are an advanced statistics that measures the ...

September 7, 2025

What it means “we are in a stall in the Mexican” and where the famous expression is born from

In the collective imagination “stall to the Mexican“(Mexican Standoff In English) he recalls two or more guns who are held under shooting. It is an image linked to the western cinema known to everyone, which refers to a precise idea: a mutual block situation, in which no part can win without risking losingand from which it is also difficult to ...

September 6, 2025

Total Eclipse of the Moon of September 7: at what time, where and how to see it in Italy

Tomorrow September 7, 2025 from 19:30 About the sky will give us an astronomical show that we advise you not to lose: aTotal lunar eclipsesometimes also nicknamed “Blood Moon” Because we will be able to observe for our satellite dyed of a bright color between orange and red. In Italy we will lose the early stages of the eclipse, in ...

September 6, 2025

The first CV of history is an invention of Leonardo da Vinci of 1482: how it has changed to date

Today the Cv (curriculum vitae) is the tool that everyone fills in to apply for a job or show skills and attitudes, but the concept is not modern at all: already in 1482, Leonardo da Vinci sent to Lodovico the Moro A letter that we consider the first today curriculum of historyin which it lists its most useful skills at ...

September 6, 2025

Is it true that bats attack the hair?

It is one of the most popular beliefs in the West: i bats attack the hair (in particular the female ones) During the flight, and once grasped, they do not give up the grip, to the point of having to resort to scissors to detach them. A popular legend apparently very ancient, but without any foundation: the bats do not ...

September 6, 2025

Inside the National Autodrome of Monza where 370 km/h in the F1 GP are touched: the circuit records

The Monza circuit It is the fastest track in the entire Formula 1 World Championship, also known as “Temple of speed”: here the single -seater can touch (and to overcome) i 350 km/h. In 2005 Kimi Räikkönen recorded the absolute speed record In a Formula 1 race reaching i 370 km/h At the wheel of the McLaren MP4-20. Inaugurated in ...

September 6, 2025

Una raffigurazione cinematografica del mostro di Frankenstein (Wikimedia Commons)

Frankenstein’s monster is inspired by the experiments of the Italian scientist Giovanni Aldini: the story

A cinematographic representation of the Frankenstein monster. Credit: Via Wikimedia Commons To create the character of Frankenstein monsterMary Shelley was inspired by the experiments of an Italian scientist, Giovanni Aldini. Based on the theories of Luigi Galvani regarding theanimal electricityat the beginning of the 19th century Aldini made experiments on animal bodies, causing movements through electric discharges and making them ...